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The high street favourite is getting a head start on the event, which doesn't officially land until next week.

Speaking about the shopping extravaganza, John Rogers, Argos CEO, said: “Last year’s Black Friday was the biggest and most successful shopping day ever for Argos, with the first hours seeing the largest amount of online traffic in our history.

Argos, Fosse Park, Leicester (Image: Chris Gordon)

“We have been busy preparing for the Black Friday period for many months now, ensuring our digital channels, stores and distribution centres are all geared up in anticipation for high levels of demand for what we expect to be fantastic deals across must-have products."

“Black Friday and Cyber Monday have definitely changed how people shop for Christmas, with many using it for the initial burst of gift buying in the festive season, whether they choose to shop in store, online, or by mobile.”

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Why is Black Friday called Black Friday?

It started off in the US back in the 1950s but has since made its way across the Atlantic and is now a huge global day of spending madness.

It got its name in Philadelphia as a term to express pre-Christmas shopping carnage and a way for retailers to capitalise on demand. Amazon introduced it in the UK in 2010. It has got bigger each year since then.